Filed under: United States, NewsIf you're tired of cold, bitter winter weather, Just Go With It - the new Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston film -- might be just the antidote. It's a frothy, fizzy, cocktail-with-a-paper-umbrella kind of warm-hearted comedy set in a lush tropical setting - and who couldn't use a little of that right now?
The script isn't Oscar-winning material, but it does what it needs to: A single L.A. plastic surgeon (Sandler) pretends to be unhappily married so he can score with sympathetic women. When he meets a woman he thinks he really might want to marry, he has to prove to her that he's going to divorce his wife. He coerces his long-suffering single-mother-of-two assistant (Aniston) to play the role of the wife, her kids get thrown into the ruse, and soon everyone ends up at the Grand Wailea resort on Maui bonding as a prelude to ending one marriage and starting another.
If you love Jennifer Aniston and/or Adam Sandler, you'll probably like this movie. And if you love Hawaii, as I do, you'll definitely get your aloha fix from the scenes shot on Maui and Kauai. The massive Grand Wailea gets diva treatment, with eye-candy shots of its verdant sprawling grounds, luxurious lobby, sumptuous suites, and enticing pool. There's also a great extended luau sequence that shows dining on the lawn under the stars, complete with tiki torches and hula dancers. And speaking of hula, one of the best scenes in the film is an indoor hula competition where Jennifer Aniston ends up squaring off against Nicole Kidman. Yes, you read that right: Nicole Kidman, doing the hula. And doing it hip-shakingly, grass-skirt-twirlingly well, I might add.
Continue reading Just Go With It Review: A mid-winter escape to Hawaii, with some Hollywood enhancementsJust Go With It Review: A mid-winter escape to Hawaii, with some Hollywood enhancements originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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